Do you ever imagine you are someone else entirely? Like somehow your real self isn't nearly as interesting as someone else? I know it sounds strange and maybe a bit childish. And yes, to anyone who is wondering, I am beyond the "I"m pretending to be a pirate" phase. And yes, as a child I did pretend to be a pirate and my swing set was my ship sailing off into the high seas searching for hidden treasure and a bottle of rum. Don't judge.
Anyway...
I have this coat, it's a really long green coat with an almost trench coat feel about it. I don't know what exactly it is, but when I wear it, I feel empowered. A strange complex I must admit. Sometimes on a day when the sun casts a shadow, and I see my "trench coat" shadow, I imagine I'm someone else. Like The Doctor (this is the David Tenant Doctor), his hands are always stuffed in his pockets and he always has that trench coat blowing out behind him.
Or sometimes I get in touch with my darker side. I could be the bad guy in those movies. That first camera shot of them always seems to be of their shadow. Their "trench coat" shadow, followed by a tall, dark figure with an even darker mission.
Or sometimes, I'm out walking and a breeze will come up and that breeze will carry me away from here and take me somewhere else, and sometimes to a completely different time period. And as I walk, I imagine the people I would meet and what the weather is and (of course) what kind of adventures I'm having.
And when this happens, the only thing I can think of to do is write. And this would be why I have 50 stories that I have never finished......
